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V K, T - i...L-V1'.' '. r .. r.ii'- ' . J V ' ' 1. ' '-.. Sunday Edition LAKE CCWTTS HOME WtWSPAPtft 7? n; . tp35;s3CTioNSr- 26 pages EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1946 NO. 2V 1 i:. Tin ml at H IJ V larlf IS T'.-.IIt.V.-, . t. tfieiHouieana Ba "-""r pri.t1 tow reporwr i.;a believe" w3? eefc.th iv 'tarned-i that bfcnatventothat 400)0011 wuu l"vy ieOdfl-wd' Saturday. 'iTw'iR' majors .i'iK ' ...ir''!'i:i I'.'.-ln V-VIMAIltfDBIl dmihaLlf .'(pSflW '-OPAi4-lieau'lrad.itojhilM .teeNtMroSuettoa. ; ' resWulitub! adqtiiuitntcr.'. , irMd t Bltain- Arl .produetiaa ;pretri- ilhuofitci! .-or) Mmm- jadj5atur4ar-by S" andi txehfna (b. aadH-rtiaiuI- ,tfceitru:ttm. pro- Ma)B.tfc.feM. wiiWpthdlfurM y'S'l.-ilupUeattoBs 4y W by Ws;.w4t Benton- HDfcwfa,a6n Co. V14.,Coimty, Eectrre lnvaVrine.ioandJ-W. I W9IM publie utility fit important ;(todayi) iwT.-B"" jwm and T3 .". tavorftea-r ZE. a 'their place 2 "Mut tabLl- to. save 5 'Artaniarneuta lii7J5'1,iw to lanS.:!.., will traeklaa, ees ma ree ituation Supply 5 Ccilinos Arc Restored Would Reinstate OPA on August 20, on Approved Items for One Year wiiiN). Sntt vnd;' House 'conferees intrfii-'otv some' ffiod items Aug. . zu unless a lboirdlin?! before that date that no ceilings ,'fc' which broke I f veday. deadlock, is subject P. H: Committee Vindicates FDR, ia. i'j;:- . :; By WILLIAM T. : PACOCK , A WASHINGTON A-W A ma jority of sthe congressional Pearl Harbor; .nnlttee,. laying" solely .to,iUtarV.rnen the. failures which contributed; to -the -194 disaster, declared Saturday that the late Preaident Roosevelt and . his . cab' inet - "discharged -their- responsi- s Summarized Sy :assoctated press Eiiht - member . congressional 'eonimltteen majority and twp- member, minority agree Hawai ian , commanders failed to meet responsibilities. '' "' ' ; ' IVIajbrUy-' i, holds President Roosevelt .and cabinet acted with' "distinction, -ability ' arid foreslaht": :. minority . contends they, -and top; Washington mili tary icommand: must share re Mjonstbllitv. Jor failures con- s.trrbunv4iser- , Majorw recommenas: ."'Unit, of command at military .,aa :naval eutposU. -WtiMatftiBof Armw and Na- .Tal-inteimnc agencies. ,;. fiihlipiliis ' gainst spies. ' 'Ovemiiulmg ' of iArmy and Ifavy 4miritttrtiv machinery; ';.ii4fc;..4Mv4Mftt1rin nt He- -:Uyi lit btdlding Hawaiiahs ',6t- billtr WlthvllstlncUon, ability and fcvesiiht:','. " 1 '' .-'.';'" ;' ThSt iiftdlnf lri' ..an eight-man reportsigned by' two KepuDucan HouM metribers-T-brbught a.sharp disMA;Jtowever,. ,lrom RepubU can Senators Ferguson (Mich) and Brw1, '(MJne). the, 10-memr ' In a sep'arate report, they as erted ' that1 Mr.. Roosevelt 'Vas rtapentiblti fdr th failure to en- rbree eonttnucrus, etricient ana ap propriate -cooperation" in Wash inatoB -ln airafiiatina information and.toptcn1ng clear, and positive oraers to the Wawauan eommana- rt."- ' 'r- . . -tha'jnajorlty'nit vigorously at assertions ''.tttf 'said had been mada, that , -Japan sw . "tricked" inm mmr ijw. f ' ih.i. blltick. ' Cotrtendlrig ft r President and thm Secretary of State Cordell HIUI . "mavarr bossidw . en- fogti;teifr jwar,.utheir.report ialdrv::' .; ' ".-.. j: " ' ' eotranlttef haa found no videnca .to .support the charges, made before and 'during the hear ings, that )h President, the secre ta'oatata.ihe' secretary of war, or' the secretary 'Of navy tricked, provoked, 'inoited,- cajoled, or..eo atcad; Japan. Into, attacking this nation In -order that a declaration of war mlght.be more easily ob- tained -froni Ci4iSf ess."- r V . Th:: majority,', altnougn ; saying thara- were" j failures - among the mUltary '-mah In -both Hawaii and Washington, Voiced no criticism In thelr-cohelusions of Gen. George (CONTINUED OI? PAGE 2) EaiiMrTlw'! Mdtitee-Guortl Must. Save Pap H!rPSciindW Pc; td We Hope A); Thk Carioas World, and TW Wat.- -Temporarily -missing will b Bus Sawyer, XltUe Orph aaAauria,,Bfdle and Gasoline Follower of the daily comics woift, get- behind with' little Or phan .Annie' story, since-; Mon day', Issue always recapitulates what happened '-Ion Sunday. The others carry, 'separate .stories or incidents on Sunday and nave no bias -te-continuity;- " The new comics represent an economy measure to save- 3H pages of newsprint a week, with the total saving to be 1300 pounds a weak overall. The comics will b printed by the Buffalo Color Printtrui Co.,' Buffalo, N. V, and will -be shipped to Eugene each vat. Tha saving caused thereby to Revive Price BEATING THE HEAT Getting in some Fern Lake sailing Is S-year-oId Carol Ann Gyde, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Gyde, Eugene, Rt. 1. Carol Ann borrowed the 6-footer,J'Bilge Bucket," from a 15-year-old Yacht Club enthusiast, Ray Richards, 1033 High, who built the tiny craft. (Register-Guard photo, Wiltshire engraving.) 6000 Total Enrollment of Eugene's Schools to Have 600;:E nhout B00 nurjils in all erades of Eugene's public schools is expected this in the first and second grades where enrollment is expected to jump from 1,077 to 1,225. School district imo. is prepar ing to handle' at least .6,000 chil dren. It is providing new class rooms at Frances Willard, Lincoln, and River Road grammar schools, and -is making a study hall of a former lunch room at Eugene High School. Last year pupils doubled up at Eugene High while awaiting the Fire Causes Cloverleaf Owners To Offer 200-Cow Herd for Sale ' Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Davis have announced that the fire which destroyed a hay barn and milking equipment at the Cloverleaf Dairy Friday has forced them to offer their graded' dairy herd and the milk routes for sale.- They have been in the dairy business here 23 years." Th. xffecl of the fire (which also destroyed the modem milk processing plant) on Eugene's milk supply was undetermined Saturday. Several local dairymen reported they have been running to 'capcity and that it would be rfiMimilt tn increase their retail sales. Supplies Fourth of Area Until the sale of the herd Is completed, milk deliveries .will continue to' the Cloverleaf's 2000 retail customers as well, as the stores, restaurants, and hospitals buying milk on a retail basis, Mrs. Davis reported. er Cbmit Friends You Like 'Em will allow the Register-Guard to add to the news space u can give its-readers. : A return to the old system of printing the funnies in Eugene may be made as soon as more newsprint Is available. , Vlo Talks to Readers One of the new strips, Vic Flint, represents a new idea in comic page literature. Detective Flint Is t.. niv fimnv-nage hero who talks directly to the readers. "The Case of the Missing Finger." on which he has just embarked, is h. nrv which will appear be- minnina this Sunday. The old friends. Alley Oop, Boots, Babe 'n' Horace, Out Our Way, The Comic Zoo, The Nut Bros., and Our Boarding House, will still be Included, in lull color now. Children Forecast fall, but the big pinch will be and at Eugene High School, completion of Colin Kelly Junior High school. That huge, modern school is being plastered now, but completion before opening day, Sept. 16, will depend on how fast materials become available. Estimates of Increases v ..The completion of Colin Kelly will relieve the situation in junior (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) ' The "Cloverleaf Dairy has sup- died nearly one-fourth of the Eugene area's milk demand. Friday's fire started In the hay barn and swept forward through the "milking parlor." Firernen at tributed the blaze to spontaneous combustion In partly-dried hay, or to defective' wiring. Springfield firemen and a crew from the Eastern Lane Fire Patrol saved some equipment, a grain shed, the generator house, and the Davis home. One cow and a calf were lost in the fire. Loss Near $150,000 Mrs. Davis, reporting that the sale would be held Wednesday, said that a revised estimate of damage puts the fire loss near er $150,000 than the $100,000 pre viously reported. About 130 head of the 200-cow herd are being milked now by equipment rented from the Gray Feed Co.; milking is being done in the grain shed saved Friday from fire. Most of the bottling and -milk treating is being done by arrangement with the Eugene Farmers Creamery. - Trie Davis' plan to continue liv ing on the 160-acre farm, where they have conducted the dairy. Previously they had operated on the old-W. F. Reed farm, where the Laurelwood Golf Course now. Their two daughters are away from home at present. Joyce, junior in the University of Ore- Bon .is spending the summer studying Spanish in Mexico City. JoAnn is visiting an uncle tn San Francisco. Chola Vista to Expand Plans to expand productive capacity at the Chula Vista Dairy near Coburg were announced Saturday by Archie Reed, owner. - Reed., who now manages a milk nroducinz and distributing firm eoual in size to the Cloverleaf Dairv. said his dairy has been running at capacity for some time The 200-cow herd, of which about isn are milkers, produces approxi mately 1400 gallons of milk dally, ha said. Coi2fro7lniuriesFa,al Failure Seen For Marshall's 'eace SHANGHAI W Diplomatic sources privately agreed Saturday that U. S. Gen. George A. Marsh all's peace mission' to China had failed. ' Seemingly eonfu-ming the opin ion, the Nationalist government began moving more men toward the fighting fronts and the Com munists were reported reinforcing their positions.- - . - ' General Marshall was believed unlikely to have the' opportunity to confer with Generalissimo Chi ang Kai-Shek in the summer cap ital at Ruling, where the General went with U. S. Ambassador Dr. John Leighton Stuart Pessimistic Attitude A similar .pessimistic attitude was expressed at the Communist headquarters in Nanking when' a check was made on whether or not Communist Chief Negotiator Gen. Chou En-Lai would visit Kuling to talk with Chiang. The official asked the question coun tered with the comment: "There's nothing left to talk about." Meanwhile, quarters professing to be "in the know" predicted Marshall would return . home around the middle of August after making a final effort to retrieve the steadily deteriorating situa tion. This view coincides with the persistent . reports that the gov ernment has abandoned all hopes of a peaceful settlement and in tends to launch an all-out attack against the Communist in Sep tember. Would Attack ; The rumors also are persistent that the attack would have been mounted some weeks ago save for the vigorous protestations . by Marshall. , : . - It is predicted that it the U.S. envoy abandons the peace mission as a bad job, American forces In China will be speedily ? with drawn. . Nationalist troops on the move Saturday included reinforcements for the north bank, of the.-, lower Yangtze River to safeguard river communications between Shang hai and Nanking. Soviet Scientist's Span Discoverer of -Life' Serum Dies MOSCOW(P Dr. Alexander Alexandrovlch Bogomolets, Soviet scientist and politician who said that human beings nor mally should live to be 150 years old, died Friday night at Kiev. He was 64. - ; The Soviet Council of Ministers said that Bogomolets, who created a serum known as A.C. (antl-retlcular cytotoxic) which he maintained would hold off old age by slowing up deterioration of connective tissues, succumbed of a "grave disease. ' In an interview six weeks ago, Bogomolets i said that some of his assistants had taken doses of his serum, but said nothing about having taken It himself. He told correspondents at that time that a heart condition made it uncertain whether- he would accept an invltelon to visit the United States next September. He said the serum was effective In restoring connective tissues and speeding the healing of wounds, but that it was no "elixir of life" in the fantastic sense. .,., The Council, of Ministers gave his widow a gift of 70,000 rubles and a monthly pension. (Th official rubla rate U 6,2 to the dollar ' To Firefighter In Drain Area Nelson Creek Blaze Now Under Control Ulysses P. Redding, 25, of 338 Ferry St., died in the Sacred Heart Hospital here Saturday afternoon of in juries suffered while he was fighting the forest fire on Gardiner Lumber Co. opera tions between Reedsport and Drain. Redding, an employe of the lumber company, was operating a caterpillar tractor at the fire. The tractor, overturned and Redding sustained severe head injuries. A physician reported that the heat and the long trip through the mountains to an ambulance, were complicating factors in Redding's death. Workmen at the fire carried the Injured man five miles through the fire-threatened forest - before an ambulance could be reached. Redding died shortly after he was brought to the hospital here. Among the survivors is his mother, Mrs. Leah Redding of Eugene, who Is now reportedly on a trip. Funeral .arrangements will be made by the Simon Chapel. No New Developments The Western Lane Fire Patrol Assn. reported Saturday evening that there were no new develop ments in the Gardiner Lumber Co, area blaze. The fire was discov ered Thursday; It was continuing to burn Saturday, but was under control. Ten men went out from the Eastern Lane Fire Patrol Assn. headquarters in Eugene Saturday afternoon to help with the blaze. The Western Lane Fire Patrol Assn. reported Saturday evening that the Nelson Creek fire, west of Triangle Lake, was brought un der control at 3:15 p.m: Ten acres were burned before the blaze Was Checked. . ' , . Crews were to continue the mopplng-up process until dark Saturday, at which time the fire was expected to be completely ex tingulshed. To Close Eastern Half Jake Smith, district warden for Eastern Lane, said that most of the forested part of the eastern half of Lane County, from the Pa cific Highway east, to the national forest boundary, will be closed Monday. 1 The closure, he said, will affect most of the area under Eastern Lane's protection, and will bar en try -to any person who does not have legitimate business in the area. Entry will be by permit only, and will not be allowed for recreational purposes. Similar clo sures also will affect other areas, to be announced later. Smith, along with other forest officials, asks all persons to use extreme caution while In the woods, particularly with cigarettes and campfires. Lane Lookouts Plan Their First Actual Meeting Members of the Lane County Lookouts will meet at Skinner's Butte Cottage at 2 p.m. Sunday for a picnic. For many of the members expected to attend It will be their first actual contact with each other. Previously the Lookouts, an organization of Lane County shut-ins, . have become ac quainted over the telephone and through letters. But K. K. Robinson, corresponding secre tary, reports that many mem bers actually have not seen each other. One of the newer contacts they have Is through their monthly paper, "The Outlook."- . Robinson reports transporta talon and care for those who will need it has been arranged. To top off their two-hour after noon meeting refreshments will be served. Was 64 Not 150 Heat-Tabulated Below is the box score of the record breaking heat wave in Eugene Saturday: Time Degrees 8:30 a.m - 80 9:30 a.m. 84 10:30 a.m - 87 11:30 a.m 92 12:30 p.m. 96 1:30 p.m. 100 2:30 p.m. 102 3:30 p.m 104 3:45 p.m 105.2 4:30 p.m 104 5:30 p.m. . 103 6:30 p.m 100 7:30 p.m 85 8:30 p.m 77 9:30 p.m. - 74 10:30 p.m 71 'Contribution' To Rep. Coffee Under Suspicion WASHINGTON The Senate War Investigating Com mittee ordered the Justice Depart- ment Saturday to deliver its files on a $2,500 check described by Rep. John M. Coffee (D.-Wash.) as a "campaign contribution an explanation bluntly termed by Senator Brewster (D.-Me.) a "be lated alibi." Brewster, a member of the com. mittee, declared that Coffee would be asked for a formal explana. tion, saying that "the more quick ly he appears, the better." The senator said that Paul A Olson, former secretary to the Washington legislator, probably will be asked to testify also. The committee's attention fas tened on the Coffee matter as it awaited, without much hope, sev eral members said privately, response . from its summons to Chairman May (D-Ky.) of the House' Military committee to ex' nlaln. Tuesday his' wartime Inter vention on behalf of a munitions combine. . Letters Exhibited Brewster's office made public transcripts ' of two letters as copied from photographs which appeared in the Tacoma, Wash. News Tribune on March 5 of this year from Coffee and Olson to Elvind Anderson, contractor, dated in May, 1941. Olson wrote that "John" was gratified "by reason of the as surances you gave at the foot of the stairs over in the Capitol building" and said that If a few more people showed the "same sense of appreciation and under. standing . . . then the going for John as a member of congress would be made a lot easier. . The secretary discussed the nanclal problems faced by a con gressman and the various drains on his nurse. Coffee himself wrote 18 days later that "Paul showed me the slip of paper you sent him a few days ago. It lb Impossible for me to express adequately my deep feeling ot gratitude for your help ful cooperation." . There was no mention of any exchange of money In either letter. Coffee Admit Receipt. But In Tacoma, Wash., Coffee acknowledged that he was the re cipient of a $2500 check from An derson, termed It a campaign con tribution, and said that the Jus tice Department had Investigated and found "no basis for action." He said he would "welcome" an inquiry. Plan Offered To Save Roads (Related Story on Page 15) The condition of Lane County roads brought forth more com ment Saturday with County Judge Clinton Hurd advocating a sales tax to Increase Income for re nair and construction and Com missioner Allen Wheeler taking Issue with reports that roads are in a deplorable state. Judge Hurd called a state sales tax the only salvation for the road svstem. "The roads will never be much better until we get another source of revenue," he declared. nutlar Onlr 153.000 ' He explained that, because of the 6 oer cent tax limitation, the county road levy last year was for 1 mill a cash total of $53,000. "And It. looks," he added, "as if the welfare board will take a good part of that." Wheeler admitted the roads were "not In perfect condition," but maintained they were not In deplorable condition. Judge Hurd pointed out that logging trucks are responsible for much of the road deterioration, and he added, "When you have heavy equipment such as that .(CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 Oregon Sizzles, ! And Medford's 15 Vins Prize Relief Felt at Night With Drop to 71 Here The temperature bubbled ; in Eugene Saturday, and then it went overboard at 105.2 degrees. The time was 3:45 ni. , This was the highest ever ecorded in the city. The figure broke Eugene's pre vious record of 104, set origin ally in 1926 and equalled in 1938. The mark was more than degrees above the 1945 hieh of 98, reached a year ago on July 7 and Aug. 5, respec tively. Even with Us record, however. Eugene was unable to lead Oregon in temperatures. Medford took the day's honors with 115 at' 4 p.m., Associated Press reports Indicated, ' and Roseburg followed along with 109. Medford's previous record had i been 110. ' - Really Cool at Tillamook r Other high Oregon readings In cluded Salem 105, Portland 102, Pendleton 101, Ontario 100 and Klamath Falls 97. Tillamook, which on Friday had 95, Saturday was among the state's chilly loca tions, with 80. That Eugene was due for a blazing day was evident early Sat' urday morning, when the mercury scooted upwards from 80 to 92 be tween 8:30 and 1J:30 a.m., gal loped to 96 by 12:30, and hit 100 at 1 :30. It was above 100 the rest of the afternoon. i Tha heat In Eugene broke suddenly between 6:30 tun. and 7:30 p.m., with a 15-degree drop from 100 to 85. The weather bureau reported that a sea breete, about 1000 feet op, Mew -In from the coast. By 10:89 p.m. It wa 71. , . ' ) The United "State weather, bureau here credited tha heat to i an unusual condition under which a high pressure area, known com. monly as a Hawaiian high, got out or range and swept over the Pac ific northwest. Heat From Nebraska . Winds in tills high pressure zone, sweeping In a clockwise fashion from the ocean, hava moved much farther north than usual and also' hava swept Inland. The southern section of the high lies over the northwest Cuplike formations on the rim of the area have dragged in hot air from as far away as Nebraska and the southwestern deserts. Si multaneously, a huge oval-shaped low lies south of .here and dip Into Mexico. Hot air from thi has rushed into the northwest . Because complete records ar not available here, the weather bureau could not forecast how long the heat would remain. Sat urday it was In Its third day. Tha 'local forecast for Sunday wa Bimpiy; "pooler. ' . Comparative temparatures out side Oregon were somewhat low er. bpoKane, Wash,, reported 98 Saturday, Seattle 90, Bellingham 86. In Idaho, Boise had 100. Walla Walla, Wash., had 103. Drinking Fountains ' Do a Big Business; ; Few Go Downtown ' "Gee, but It's hot!" one young fellow exclaimed Saturday after noon as he bent to extricate JiU' moccasin-shoe from Willamette St. tar. He went stickily on his way down the shady side of the street as other Eugene residents wiped sweat from their brows. Then they wiped It away again. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) Weather U. S. Weather Bureau FereeasU Eugene and vicinity: Fair Sunday and Monday with drop in tern perature. Oregon: 'Mostly clear north and partly cloudy south' portions Sunday and Monday, with scattered afternoon thunder storms near mountains of south, portion Monday. Cooler v est por tion Sunday and Monday and in western valleys and central por tlons Monday. Gentle to moderate: westerly to northwesterly wind off coast. Local Statistics: Highest temr perature Saturday, 105.2 degrees;, low Saturday morntngV 56 de-j grees: 24 hour precipitation end ins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, none; total rainfall for month, .46 of an inch: normal lor montn, .SB oi an. inch; total since Sept. 1, 42.10 , Inches: stage of Willamette River at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, minus 1.88 feet; wind direction and velocity at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, southwest, 9; prevailing direction and avert age velocity Friday, north, 11. ' . Sunrise and Sunset (PSTIt Monday, 4:50 a.m. and 7.48 p.m: Tuesday, 4:51 a.m. and 7:47 p.nv SIl'SLAW TIDES , . . Sandiy Hllh :1S m. low il:Mp.n. S ft. ' S:MPJT1. S Sfi; l.Stt. lUlajn. Ul.. i I ! I v.v. At', . :, Si'Vfi l'i t MM "is ..s-- ' If fr. Jl'-'
